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author | Thedro Neely <thedroneely@gmail.com> | 2021-04-29 23:56:23 -0400 |
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generators/fortune: Add quotes seen last week
Minor formatting and corrections to some quotes.
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diff --git a/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune b/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune index cf04de9..4a4c99c 100644 --- a/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune +++ b/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune @@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ Every so often the stars align. % Nobody wants a backup, everybody wants a restore. % -Kingmaker Scenario: A player who is unable to win has the ability +Kingmaker Scenario: A player who is unable to win with the ability to influence who will win. % Programmers do it bit by bit. @@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. — Fran Lebowitz, “Social Studies” % -In order to get a loan you must first prove that you don’t need it. Wait, isn't it +In order to get a loan you must first prove that you don’t need it. Wait, isn’t it the other way around? % “Alas Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that men @@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ Argument from Fallacy: The formal fallacy of analyzing an argument and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. % “What convinces masses are not facts, and not even invented facts, but -only the consistency of the system of which they are presumably part.” +only the consistency of the system of which they are presumably a part.” — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism % “For politics is not like the nursery; in politics obedience and support @@ -2960,7 +2960,7 @@ Boy: “Sure I can. Watch me. I just won’t tell anybody he’s dead.” % The bait and switch is the oldest trick in the book. % -If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. +If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. % Just when you thought you were winning the rat race, it abruptly ends. % @@ -2969,3 +2969,20 @@ Do the old eat the young? No, we want a king to rule over us. % Please confirm my bias. +% +What if the universe is not immortal? +% +Consensus is the only thing that matters. +% +Wikipedia is not a reliable source, because it can be edited by anyone at +any time. +% +Feudalism is alive and well. +% +Eristic Dialectics: The Logic of Appearance. +% +Turning and turning in the widening gyre +The falcon cannot hear the falconer; +Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; +Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. +― William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming |